NYC Transit director tapped by Cuomo for top MTA job

8:58 PM,
Apr. 12, 2013

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The president of New York City's bus and subway system has been nominated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to lead the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Thomas Prendergast, who was appointed president of NYC Transit in 2009, has been serving as the MTA's interim executive director since Jan. 1, after Joseph Lhota resigned as MTA chairman to run for mayor of New York.

The Senate has to confirm the governor's nomination before Prendergast officially takes the helm. ...